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01/03/2022 Zoning Commission Amended Minutes

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Meeting date: 
Monday, January 3, 2022

Subject to Approval

 

ZONING COMMISSION - REGULAR MEETING AMENDED MINUTES

MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 2022

The public hearing was web-based on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/2574297243

Meeting ID: 257 429 7243

 

CALL TO ORDER - Chairman Ryan called the meeting to order at 7:00pm.

 

  1. Appointment of Alternates: None

 

Present: David Ryan, Kevin Gray, Diane Madigan, Bruce Elliott, Anne Erickson, Donna Beinstein, Laura Barkowski, Amber Abbuhl

 

Absent: Melissa Osborne

 

II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of the December 20, 2021 regular meeting minutes  

 

Mr. Elliott stated on line 42 the city of Darien was misspelled. Ms. Madigan made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected. Mr. Gray seconded.

 

MOTION: All in favor, no opposed, no abstentions. (6-0-0)

 

 

III. PUBLIC HEARING 

  1. Applications

 

  1. Application# 21-24 – of the Simsbury Zoning Commission, Applicant; Michael Glidden CFM CZEO, Agent; application for a text amendment to the Zoning Regulations to opt out of Public Act 21-29 concerning accessory dwelling units and parking standards in Simsbury.

 

No additional public comments were received. Ms. Barkowski summarized the advice received by the Town legal counsel on the proposed resolution for Public Act 21-29 including specifying the sections of the public act that the Town would like to opt out of; notably section 6. Mr. Elliott made a motion to close the public hearing. Mr. Gray seconded.

 

MOTION: All in favor, no opposed, no abstentions. (6-0-0)

 

  1. Application #21-29 – of the Simsbury Zoning Commission, Applicant; Michael Glidden CFM CZEO, Agent; application for a text amendment to Sections 3.4, 4.5, 5.5, and 17.4 of the Zoning Regulations amendment for the purpose of establishing short-term rentals as a use in the regulations per submitted.

 

Mr. Gray read the application to the Commission. Ms. Barkowski stated no public comments were received in regards to the application. Ms. Beinstein made a motion to close the public hearing. Ms. Erickson seconded. 

 

MOTION: All in favor, no opposed, no abstentions. (6-0-0)

 

IV. OLD BUSINESS 

  1. Applications 

 

  1. Application# 21-24 – of the Simsbury Zoning Commission, Applicant; Michael Glidden CFM CZEO, Agent; application for a text amendment to the Zoning Regulations to opt out of Public Act 21-29 concerning accessory dwelling units and parking standards in Simsbury.

 

Chairman Ryan read the draft resolution to the Commission. Mr. Gray stated in the second line of the last paragraph regulated should be removed. Mr. Gray made a motion to approve the resolution for the opt out as submitted. Mr. Elliott seconded. A copy of the resolution is attached.

 

MOTION: All in favor, no opposed, no abstentions. (6-0-0)

 

The Commission discussed the package they wanted to send to the Board of Selectmen. Ms. Barkowski will draft a memo stating the Commission’s intent for the opt out. Mr. Gray noted the head of the resolution should be changed to clarify the intent of the Commission for opting out of PA 21-24. Mr. Elliott stated the memo Ms. Barkowski included in the packet for the meeting should include the distinction on which classification of ADU is required to hold a public hearing.

 

V. NEW BUSINESS 

  1.  Applications

 

  1. Application# 21-27 – of SL Simsbury LLC, Applicant; T.J. Donohue, Jr., Killian & Donohue, LLC, Agent; Type 3 application pursuant to the Hartford Form Based Code related to changing the commercial zone to residential and constructing a 15-unit residential building on the property located at 250 Hopmeadow Street (Assessor’s Map F17, Block 154, Lot 009-3-2) Zone HS-FBC.

 

Mr. Gray made a motion to table application 21-27 due to the lack of new materials submitted until the next regularly scheduled meeting on February 7, 2022. Mr. Elliott seconded.

 

MOTION: All in favor, no opposed, no abstentions. (6-0-0)

 

  1. Application# 21-28 – of Mack V Development LLC, Applicant; Marc R. Cohen, Agent; Sign Permit Application pursuant to Section  9 of the Simsbury Zoning Regulations related to the construction of an externally lit sign on the property located at 1603 Hopmeadow Street (Assessor’s Map H02, Block 403, Lot 002B) Zone B-2.

 

Ms. Barkowski stated the application had a positive referral from the Design Review Board with the condition that the garden center sign be hung at the same height as the main Tractor Supply sign. Mr. Cohen presented the application to the Commission and stated the signs will be the same height. Mr. Gray made a motion to approve the application specifically the revision on 12-23-2021 with the conditions that the sign must be externally lit and that an administrative zoning permit is required. Ms. Erickson seconded.

 

MOTION: All in favor, no opposed, no abstentions. (6-0-0)

 

  1. Application# 21-30 – of Dorset Crossing LLC, Applicant; David S. Ziaks P.E., Agent; Sign Plan Approval for the construction of two multi-unit residential housing buildings on the property located at 115&130 Casterbridge Crossing (Assessor’s Map H04, Block 403, Lot 13A-G) Zone PAD.  

 

Ms. Barkowski described the status of the application after the Design Review Board reviewed the application. Ms. Barkowski expressed how the project is in need of approval from the Fire Marshal, Public Works, WPCA, and the Town Engineer. The agent team for the application elected to conduct the presentation at the next regularly scheduled meeting in February. Mr. Gray made a motion to table the application until the next meeting. Ms. Madigan seconded.  

 

MOTION: All in favor, no opposed, no abstentions. (6-0-0)

 

VI. GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS 

  1. Sign Regulations Update

 

The Commission elected to schedule a special meeting to review the sign regulations on Monday, January 24th, 2022.

 

  1. Alcohol Use Changes

 

Chairman Ryan explained the background for the update to the alcohol use. Mr. Gray made a motion to schedule a public hearing on February 7, 2022 for the text amendment to the regulations on alcohol use.

 

MOTION: All in favor, no opposed, no abstentions. (6-0-0)

 

VIII. ADJOURNMENT 

 

Mr. Elliott made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Gray seconded.

 

MOTION: All in favor, no opposed, no abstentions. (6-0-0)

 

Chairman Ryan adjourned the meeting at 8:06pm

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Joseph Hollis, Acting Clerk